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Old 13-10-2012, 05:37 PM
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APoD: 13th October, 2012

Today's APoD is one of the most beautiful images I've ever seen:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121013.html

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Old 13-10-2012, 05:40 PM
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wow thats so pretty
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Old 13-10-2012, 06:42 PM
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Old 13-10-2012, 06:54 PM
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Old 13-10-2012, 07:51 PM
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That is a great image. David.
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Old 13-10-2012, 07:54 PM
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Pretty cool - it has an earthy feel (like clouds / fog / mist) with the great deep sky stuff - very interesting.
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Old 13-10-2012, 10:48 PM
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I'm not overly fussed on those diffraction spikes, but the dusty bits are awesome.
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Awsome stuff
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Old 14-10-2012, 01:45 AM
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That's one amazing image.
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Old 14-10-2012, 08:16 AM
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Pretty amazing stuff!
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Old 14-10-2012, 01:38 PM
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Nice but the added diffraction spikes detract from the rest of the image IMO
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Old 14-10-2012, 02:09 PM
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Same for me. Spikes normally don't bother me and I think they look great in some images, but here they are just too much.
In all other respects it is an awesome image
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Old 14-10-2012, 05:43 PM
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Thats a great pic , , so much subtle detail there , the spikes just
completely destroy it for me and arn't needed at all imo .
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Old 14-10-2012, 06:38 PM
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You guys are crazy.

Diffraction spikes are the way of the future.

They give an aesthetic to the shot.

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Old 14-10-2012, 09:43 PM
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Wow wow wow! Just amazing! Very nice shot! I agree, I like the spikes too. Thanks for sharing
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Old 14-10-2012, 10:33 PM
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Looks like something you'd see airbrushed on the side of a Sandman panel van Seriously though, pretty amazing image...
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Love the image, but I feel the spikes detract from it.
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Old 14-10-2012, 10:53 PM
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You're all wrong, the spikes are what /make/ the image!

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Old 14-10-2012, 10:59 PM
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:00 PM
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Hahaha. You very funny guy. That's why I kill you last.

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